Food Universe Marketplace — Local services in Lakeland

Dairy foods are always spoiled or about to be, they mix fresh meat with old meats thats the reason youll get some good meat and bad meat in the same package, shelf food is very expensive and vegetables are always spoiled or about to be as well, this place lacks hygiene and the owners should be considerate of consumers, we buy food from you to feed our family this store could have so much potential because is the only hispanic place around but instead they sell everything spoiled and overpriced do NOT buy meats here please for your family's health,,, LA carne aki esta podrida venden carne podrida rebuelta con carne fresca en el mismo paquete, los quesos y leches siempre o estan podridos o se echan a perder rapido la verdura esta sucia y la tienda huele a linpiador fuerte para tapar el olor de la comida podrida ,,este lugar deve de ser inspeccionado por health department....!!i believe good reviews here afrom employees because there is no way some one dont see what we locals see when we...

Over the years of going to Food Universe, I haven't had issues with their food. It's been pleasant but today I got ROTTEN Roasted CHICKEN...

It tasted odd but I'm not Caribbean so I didn't think anything of it. The meat was slightly mushy.. that should've been my cue but I don't know any better. As I ate I was tearing the chicken off the bone and as I was picking it apart I found slime at the joints. The chicken was so cooked it should've been dry at the joint.. but no the slime was grey white. At that point I had already ate a small portion of chicken...

I threw it away and kept on with my day until right now at 3am ..

Needless to say I got food poisoning and that's why I'm writing this sad review. I'm shivering and my body hurts so bad. I'm retiring my money from eating the hot food from there.

I'm not even sure what yo say that would to prevent this issue in the future . I try to be reasonable when I write reviews but I had to say the full truth because I'm...

I went to this Supermarket on Saturday July 22 and went to the last register right by the restaurant. The cashiers light was on, so what happens: The young cashier was to busy Flaunting with the man she had on her line! Once, she finished she turned off her light with out telling any one. My husband and I were taking out $24.00 worth of stuff and I noticed the light was off, I said to the customer behind me did she leave. She said I don't know, but she saw you putting your stuff on the belt. What type of customer service is that?! No warning ⚠️. I give Carmen the cashier who was coming out to the front from the rest room 5 stars ✨. She asked what happened and I explained to her and she called the manager who was also engaging himself in a conversation with some woman. This store is horrible on customer service. I told Carmen I'm sorry she had to pick up someone else's slack, but if the cashier didn't speak English, I speak...